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I've said it before, and will say it again:We need thousands of regular army down there.Posse Comitatus should not apply to border defense against illegal invaders.
A passenger in the vehicle fired at the agents, injuring one of them. The second agent returned fire and hit the gunman, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle's driver was taken into custody.CBP later identified the deceased passenger as a 25-year-old man and a U.S. citizen. The driver was identified as a 32-year-old woman, also a U.S. citizen.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two agents from the Brackettville station and a Kinney County sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle on Ranch Road 674.
About 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 two Brackettville Border Patrol Station agents conducted a traffic stop on Ranch Road 674 north of Brackettville, a road routinely used to smuggle narcotics and people. During the stop, a 25-year-old male passenger in the vehicle fired a weapon at the agents, striking one, according to a news release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The other agent and a Kinney County Sheriff's Office deputy returned fire, fatally striking the man."Agents secured the scene, requested medical assistance, and rendered first aid. EMS arrived on scene shortly thereafter," states the release. The driver of the vehicle, a 32-year-old woman, is in custody. Both the man and woman are U.S. citizens. The agent who sustained a gunshot wound in the encounter was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
